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Romney won last week'sIowa vote by just eight votes,but a victory here and wins inthe next two contests wouldlikely put him on a safe path tobecome the party's standard-bearer against the embattledDemocratic incumbent in theNovember 6 elections.

His rivals have been ham-mering the frontrunner, no-tably tarring him as a callouscorporate raider who profitedwhile workers lost their jobs --an odd attack in a party thattrumpets unfettered capitalismas a force for good.

Romney has shot back thathis private sector triumphsmake him the best person totake on Obama, whose reelec-tion bid is weighed down bythe sagging US economy andhigh unemployment.

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CONCORD (AFP) - WhiteHouse hopeful Mitt Romney,aiming to silence doubts thathe should be the Republican totake on President BarackObama in November, is eyinga big win in yesterday’s NewHampshire primary.

The former Massachusettsgovernor and millionaire ven-ture capitalist hopes to turn acommanding lead in the pollshere into a runaway romp tofeed momentum ahead ofvotes in South Carolina nextweek and Florida on January31.

"We've worked reallyhard," Romney said at apolling place in a school inManchester, New Hampshire,as camera crews broke throughbarricades set up by police toensure voters could get in tocast ballots.

of the advisory council on sci-ence and technology to Presi-dent Obama is considered theleading world expert on cli-mate change. He has expressedgreat interest in Aruba andwhat this island is doing in thearea of sustainability and re-newable energy and will beone of the members of thegroup to hold the seminar andworkshop here on the 16th and17th of this month.

Aruba will use this opportu-nity to also showcase what andhow we are contributing in theregion with our center for sus-tainability and renewable en-ergy.

According to the governmentof Aruba, this seminar is a log-ical consequence of and acompliment to our Institute forRenewable Energy and ourAnnual Conference on GreenEnergy. It becomes a smallerand less formal setting to studythese very important topics.

The Harvard delegationwill be joined by local Arubanexperts and TNO as well as bydistinguished professors of theUniversity of Technology inDelft.

Professor Daniel P. Schrag,director of the Center for Envi-ronmental Studies at the Har-vard University and a member

ORANJESTAD -- On the 16thand 17th of January the go -vernment of Aruba will be hostto a unique Aruba-Harvardseminar on energy and sustain-able development. Participat-ing in this innovative seminarwill be seven distinguishedHarvard University professors.These professors will address,in general terms as well as insome detail, the efforts ofAruba with respect to sustain-able energy, and the challengesand plans for the future.

The primary objective ofthe Aruba-Harvard seminarand workshop is to explorecreative solutions for Arubaand for the entire region with afocus on the reputation ofAruba as a first class center inLatin America and theCaribbean for scientific studyand matters of public policy.

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Seven Harvard Professors to share inAruba-Harvard Seminar on Energy

Under-fire Romney seeks

to win big in key US vote

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Glo bal uncertainty on how todeal with the threats of nu-clear weapons and climatechange have forced the"Doomsday clock" oneminute closer to midnight,leading international scien-tists said yesterday.

"It is now five minutes tomidnight," said Allison Mac-farlan, chair of the Bulletin ofAtomic Scientists, which cre-ated the Doomsday clock in1947 as a barometer of howclose the world is to an apoc-alyptic end.

The last decision by thegroup, which includes a hostof Nobel Prize winning scien-tists, moved the clock aminute further away frommidnight in 2010 on hopes ofglobal nuclear cooperationand the election of PresidentBarack Obama.

However, yesterday's de-cision pushes the clock backto the time where it was in2007.

to visit the home and provideyou with the valuable informa-tion on how you too can savewater and electri city.

other water outlets. The mostimportant matter in all of thisis that they will provide eachhousehold with expert and freeadvise on the spot with respectto changes or improvementsneeded to be made to improvethe efficiency of water andelectricity.

These experts will sharewith each household how tomake the changes to conservewater and electric energy. TheUtility companies also have atelevision program running inwhich they illustrate some ofthe visits they have made tocertain homes and how thesehomes are already saving.

The “Hunto Nos Ta Spaar”campaign was begun last De-cember. While the free homevisits began this January.

Interested families shouldcall 525-4200 to request an ap-pointment for two specialists

ORANJESTAD -- The “HuntoNos ta Spaar” project is gettingthe attention of everyone onthe island, especially now thatthe utility companies, WEBand ELMAR with the supportof Utilities Aruba N.V. havecreated a special team of ex-perts sharing their knowledgeand expertise. They are intenton helping everyone save pre-cious water and electricity.Their efforts include homes aswell as businesses.

They have spread the infor-mation on how to save throughthe media and now they are onthe road going from house tohouse promoting the differentways to save water and elec-tricity. Obviously, each housemust make appointments forthe visit. This is, indeed, an ex-cellent way to begin a newyear...saving money that couldbe used for many other worth-wile things. The utilities’ teamstands ready to visit everyhouse on Aruba.

A team of technicians fromWEB and ELMAR will visityour home and do an audit.They will review your electri-cal system, lights, aircondi-tioner, refrigerator and allother aparatus that has an in-fluence on your electric con-sumption. The technicians willalso review your use of water,and all water pipes to ascertainwether there may be leaks,your faucets, toilets and all

answered by SVB and FATUMexperts

The afternoon informativesessions will be at FATUM of-ficies, 2nd floor, Unit 12 on thefollowing days:

Friday, January 13, 3 pm –5 pm

Monday, January 16, 3pm– 5 pm

Tuesday January 17, 3 pm –5 pm

Attendees can come “on thespot” at the time of the ses-sions, but it is suggested tomake reservations, becauseseating is limited. For more in-formation and registration, at-tendees can call FATUM at tel.582-1111 or e-mail [email protected]

FATUM also reminds thepublic that it has a professionalteam ready to give them anyassistance about the pensionlaw; those interested can callFATUM to arrange a personalguide through its requirements.

ORANJESTAD – Since theAruban government ratified themandatory pension law for theprivate sector, FATUM insur-ance company has arrangedthree gratis afternoon work-shops with information on thislaw. The sessions are especiallygeared for business owners,Human Resources managers,financial managers, payroll ad-ministration offices employee’srepresentatives and all thosewho still have yet to decidewhich program they choose toengage regarding their pensionplan. FATUM has invited Mr.Edwin Jacobs of the SVB totalk about the AOV Flex law, tofurther clarify and avoid anyincorrect interpretations.

Entrance to the session iscompletely FREE and atten-dees will get actualized infor-mation by SVB and FATUMexecutives. At the end of thesessions there will be a timefor questioning which will be

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Fatum to organize threeinformative sessions onthe mandatory Pension Law

Utility companies intent on helping

us save water and electricity

'Doomsday'ticks closeron nuclear, climate fears

Sunday afternoon just before sunset, Olga and Igor, far from their home in Moscow,Russia, had their long awaited romantic destination wedding. It was a dream cometrue, when after listening to the personalized, meaningful words of Officiant DianeKeijzer, they sealed their union with a kiss as the sun was setting on Manchebo BeachResort and Spa's beautiful beach.

The ceremony was not only advice for their marriage, but emphasized lots of loveand romance combined with sayings in between of their favorite author, WilliamShakespeare.

Photographer, Paul Van Driel, captured all the special moments. The very happycouple complimented Nyoka, Manchebo's wedding planner, and her assistant Mar-rit, who together, flawlessly, prepared a most perfect wedding day.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Olga and Igor Ivanov!

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Olga and Igor have their love blessed on Manchebo Beach

donkey, who buy somethingat the donkey shop or whomake a donation. Thus theyhelp support us. Everyone iswelcome to visit the sanctu-ary, which has opening hoursfrom 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. andin the weekend from 10 a.m.until 3 p.m. Entrance is freeof charge and one can enjoya soft drink, a cup of coffee ora refreshing ice cream.

The volunteers of thesanctuary are hop-ing that someonewill adopt thisfriendly, lovelydonkey. Of coursethe donkey willkeep on living at thesanctuary; you onlyneed to pay AWG.30 per month forthe donkey’s care.With this amountyou help support

the sanctuary as well as yourown donkey. And you will re-ceive a beautiful certificateand a super T-shirt and yourname and photo will beposted on our website. Soplease call the sanctuary at593-2933; you can also reg-ister via the website www.arubandonkey.org or donatemoney on bank account num-ber 40.03.025 at the ArubaBank!

Just do it!

I would like to introduce my-self. I am one of the donkeyswhich have found shelter atthe Donkey Sanctuary foun-dation of Aruba. I have beenthere for quite a number ofyears already. For the first sixmonths of my life I roamedaround the island, togetherwith my mom. But at a cer-tain moment I could not findher anymore and I was totallyon my own.

Fortunately the volunteersof the Sanctuary organizationtook me in. I love living at theSanctuary, and I even have agood friend: Riba. We can al-ways be found together, get-ting into mischief. Riba had abroken hind leg, but she hasrecovered thanks to the goodcare of the Donkey Sanctuary.We love playing together. Ac-tually, I am really happy thatI am allowed to live at theSanctuary; otherwise I wouldhave been roaming around onmy own. That is very danger-ous: not only traffic, but alsowild dogs are a menace fordonkeys. And of course onewould be hungry and thirstyall the time.

This beautiful donkey hasbeen provided with a chip,just like all the other don-keys. On the chip is informa-tion about the donkey and itsmedical history. The donkeysat the sanctuary have a lot offriends with whom they canplay all day long. And theylove living there: they arewell-cared for, they are fedand watered and when theyare sick the vet is called. Yes,they are expensive customersfor the sanctuary.

The volunteers are tryingto cover the various costswith all kinds of activitiesand the sale of great donkeymemorabilia in the shop. For-tunately, there are also visi-tors who wish to adopt a

eras Clinics in Shaba or Sa-vaneta, or to Ve terinarian Na-talie Booi at Animal CareClinic, phone number 582-8382, as well making a dona-tion to Cas AnimalFoundation via their CMBBank account # 25762110 toassist in this important work.Kiki is also attempting toconstruct a proper facilitywith onsite clinic on land shehas been awarded by the gov-ernment, and donations willhelp with this goal.

If you are not an island re -sident and wish to adopt adog, Kiki will assist you inthe process, as it is much eas-ier to return to the U.S. withan Aruban dog than youmight think, and any wouldbe exa mined and certified bya qua-lified vet to pass qua -rantine standards prior totransport.

by Rosalie Klein

way to teach youngsters re-sponsibility, respect for lifeand humane treatment of an-imals. 3 of the litter have al-ready been taken into homespermanently; there are stillothers to save, aside fromseveral older puppies at theshelter ready, for a goodhome.

Call Kiki at 742-8732 toassist in this current crisis orsimply to adopt one of thenearly 100 dogs she has res-cued. You can also report ananimal in need of assistance,as she maintains an AnimalAmbulance to pick them up;there are few that cannot berehabilitated from injury, dis-ease or abuse, she has workedmiracles.

Kiki’s expenses for feed-ing all the animals she hastaken in are astronomical, aswell as her veterinary bills.You can also help by payingon her account at the Contr-

Last week THE MORNINGNEWS put out an urgent callon behalf of Cas Animal forvolunteers to help with a litterof 7 newborn puppies neededfoster homes until ready foradoption. Kiki Arndt, thefounder of the non-profitfoundation, who has turnedher home into a no-kill shel-ter for Aruba’s abandoned,abused and street dogs andcats, did not want to keep thepuppies in the shelter for fearof their exposure to the Parvovirus. As much as one cleansand disinfects, when taking inso many dogs off the streets,it is nearly impossible to keepthis pernicious disease out ofthe facility.

Adult dogs usually toler-ate a bout with the viruspretty well, sometimes noteven showing symptoms, butit is deadly for young pup-pies. THE MORNINGNEWS has been caring for 2of them for the past week, asthey are best taken in as a pairor more to help them social-ize and adapt when they areolder.

These 2 adorable puppiesare growing steadily and fee -ding well; getting active andcurious, and are very affec -tionate. They will eventuallyneed permanent homes,something the paper simplycannot handle. Anyone wish-ing to adopt either or both ofthese puppies will find themvery loving and accustomedto people, as they have cometo think of humans as theirmother. They will makesweet, wonderful compan-ions for children; a wonderful


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assisted by Marcelino andAnoushka of Aruba.

THE MORNING NEWSwelcomes back this congenialand generous group of dedi-cated vacationers, who all de-served our gratitude for usingtheir time on Aruba for thegood of the less fortunate.They are the sort of peoplewho makes this “One HappyIsland!”

by Rosalie Klein

February, FOTH’s “last hur-rah” of fundraising events. Theexact date will be posted in thepaper as soon as it is con-firmed.

Over the years, the FOTHmembership has swelled andshrunk; at present a core groupheaded by President Art Starkincludes Phil Solomon, Sal andMaryann Lacarruba, DavidUlmschneider and his wifeTana, Pat and Marsha Finckand Huguette Vatiquette, ably

in the CDM lobby; they cost$20 and offer the chance towin anywhere from $750 to$2500.

For many who are regularlyon Aruba for Valentine’s Day,the only place to be with theirsignificant other is at theFOTH Sweetheart’s DinnerDance at the Radisson Resort,Casino & Spa. A $90 ticket in-cludes a complete bar “happyhour” beginning at 7:00 PMwith hors d’oeuvres, a full 3-course dinner including unli -mited wine, a gift for theladies, dancing to one of the is-land’s most popular bands, andfabulous door prizes. Thatnight is also the drawing fortheir auxiliary raffle offeringextremely valuable prizes suchas diamond jewelry, weeks attimeshares, a week of carrental and a whopping $2000cash.

The final event will be ahigh-paying bingo. This is anewly established, but verypopular evening taking place atthe Seaport Casino with bigcash payouts and terrific doorprizes as well. This year, it istentatively scheduled for eitherthe final Saturday or Sunday in

foundation cameinto existence withthe express purposeof raising money forthe nume rous or-ganizations herethat assist the men-tally and phy -sically challenged,

and now FOTH in-cludes the aged andill in their annualceremony of awardcontributions. Lastyear 20 local foun-dations were thebeneficiaries of theirfundraising efforts;members of FOTHestimated they havedistributed over 1.4million dollars indonations sincethey began their im-

portant work. 3 principal events, along

with a weekly passing of theplate during Sunday Mass atthe Casa Del Mar, helps themraise the funds they donateeach year before departing theisland. Everyone can join in bybuying a square at their Super-bowl Lottery stand found daily

A small group of annual islandvisitors that make Aruba theirhome for most of the winterwanted to “give back” to the is-land which has provided themwith such rewarding momentsand opportunities to makefriends from all over the U.S.,and Aruba. 25 years ago,Friends of the Handicapped


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the Union Leader newspaperhe expected 75,000 to vote inthe Democratic primary and250,000 to cast ballots in theRepublican primary.

The GOP primary is closedto Democrats but open to thestate's undeclared voters, itsterm for registered independ-ents who are notoriously un-predictable. Obama faced noserious competition -- his slateof 13 rivals included Craig 'TaxFreeze' Freis and VerminSupreme, an eccentric whospent the last few days going toRepublican rallies and hecklingthe candidates with a bullhorn.

In South Carolina, Romneymay face pushback from con-servatives who think he is aflip-flopper and from evangel-ical Christians wary of hisMormon faith.

the man to beat, but he facesstubborn doubts about his con-servative credentials and hasbeen unable to push his nation-wide Republican supportabove 30 percent.

Texas Governor Rick Perry,who skipped New Hampshireto go directly to South Car-olina which votes on January21, and former Louisiana gov-ernor Buddy Roemer each hadone percent, while seven per-cent said they were still unde-cided.

By tradition, the first ballotsin New Hampshire were castshortly after midnight in twotiny towns with a combinedturnout of 32 voters, and pollsstatewide were closed at 8:00pm .

New Hampshire Secretaryof State William Gardner told

"I think Mitt Romney has thebest chance to beat Barack andthat's why I voted for him,"Scott Ramsey said outside apolling place here in Concord.

Another voter, who did notgive his name, said he cast hisballot for former House speakerNewt Gingrich and emphasized"the important issues are theeconomy, jobs, reducing thesize and scope of government."

A final public opinion pollby Suffolk University innearby Boston found Romneywith 37 percent of likely vot-ers, Representative Ron Paul at18, Huntsman rising to 16,Christian conservative formersenator Rick Santorum at 11,and Gingrich at nine percent.

A vast campaign war chestand high-profile endorsementshave fed Romney's image as

terrorism -- it must be hit withan iron fist," he said. "The bat-tle with terrorism is a battle foreveryone, a national battle, notonly the government's battle."

In Istanbul, the head of theopposition SNC, BurhanGhalioun, expressed alarmabout Assad's "dangerousspeech in which he stated hisdetermination to use violenceagainst our own people".

"He has cut short any Arabor other initiative to find a so-lution to the crisis and avoidthe worst," Ghalioun said,adding that the speech showedAssad's "determination to di-vide and push the country to-wards civil war."

Ghalioun called on theworld community to "work toensure the international protec-tion of Syrian civilians as soonas possible," while urging theArab League to turn to the UNSecurity Council for help.

Basma Qadmani of the SNCtold the same news conferencethat Assad's speech was an "in-citement to violence" that dis-missed the internationalcommunity and marked a turn-ing point in Syria's relationswith the Arab League.

"This is a turning point, arupture with its Arab environ-ment," she said.

The Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights said securityforces shot dead at least 13civilians yesterday, including10 youths at a peaceful demon-stration in Deir Ezzor, north-east Syria.

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria'sPresident Bashar al-Assadblamed foreign plotters yester-day for the deadly 10-month-old protests against his regimeand vowed to crush their "ter-rorism" with an iron fist.

The Syrian National Coun-cil (SNC), the largest opposi-tion umbrella group, brandedAssad's rare speech an "incite-ment to violence" that pushesthe country closer to a civilwar.

In the speech just hours be-fore the UN Security Councilwas to discuss Syria, Assad de-nied security forces had ordersto fire on civilian protesters,even as activists reportedregime gunmen killed 13 morecivilians.

Assad said the unrest,which the United Nations esti-mated last month has costmore than 5,000 lives sinceMarch, would only come to anend "when the flow of fundsand weapons coming fromabroad stops."

"Regional and internationalparties who are trying to desta-bilise Syria can no longer fal-sify the facts and events," theembattled leader said in the te -levised speech that lasted al-most two hours.

Assad said restoring secu-rity was the "absolute priority"for Syria and pledged his go -vernment would tackle terror-ism with an "iron fist," after aDamascus suicide bombingkilled 26 people on Friday.

"There can be no let-up for


INTERNATIONAL NEWS Assad vows to crush

'terrorism' with iron fist

Port-au-PrinCe, Haiti : a Haitian man walks by a tent city on January 10, 2012 nearPort-au-Prince, two year after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. un agencies said yes-terday that Haitians face many challenges on the second anniversary of the earthquakethat killed more than 200,000 of their people, but those living in camps have droppeddramatically. (aFP PHoto)

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southeastern Brazil duringthe rainy season. Nationwide,more than 2 million peoplehave been affected by thisyear's rains, Brazil's civil de-fence force says

Only a year ago, floodsand landslides left more than1,300 people dead or missingin the mountainous region ofRio de Janeiro state.

northern town of Outeiroafter a local dike gave way.

The evacuees were beingsheltered in schools, tents orby relatives.

The incident occurred inthe same area where onThursday 4,000 people wereevacuated after floodwatersfed by torrential rains causedanother dike to burst.

Flooding is common in

landslide were still unac-counted for, officials said.

The heavy rains and ensu-ing flooding are mainly af-fecting the southeastern statesof Rio de Janeiro, EspiritoSanto and Minas Gerais,where thousands of peoplehave been evacuated.

Late Sunday, authoritiesbegan evacuating 900 peoplein Rio de Janeiro state's

northern Sapucaia municipal-ity, bringing to 13 the numberfatalities from Monday'slandslide.

Colonel Sergio Simoes,the head of the local firedepartment, said Mondaythat six adults and two chil-dren were found dead in thearea.

A family of five who tookrefuge in a car during the

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Torrential rains lashingsoutheastern Brazil havekilled at least 28 people, in-cluding 13 buried in a land-slide, accor ding to an updatedofficial death toll releasedlate yesterday.

Five more bodies werefound yesterday under therubble of collapsed buildingsin Rio de Janeiro state's

LA PAZ (AFP) - Coca produ -cers in the central Bolivian re-gion of La Asunta issued anultimatum yesterday, deman -ding that soldiers and policewithdraw by the next day orface confiscation of theirtrucks, tents and clothing.

Bolivian military and policeare in the fertile region de-stroying illegal coca crops thatcould be used to make cocaine.

Coca crops are a significantincome source for many resi-dents of La Asunta.

"The joint task force (ofmilitary and police) is notgoing to return to camp (in LaAsunta)," said Mario Miranda,secretary general of the unionof coca growers of La Asunta."We simply want them to with-draw definitely. We will givethem until today."

If the government does notwithdraw the military and po-lice by today’s deadline, "allthe property (of the joint taskforce) will be given to socialorganizations," Miranda said.

The property consists of 10trucks, clothing and tents fromamong the 20 police and mili-tary personnel the coca grow-ers claim to have expelled onSunday.

The facilities occupied bythe coca growers union are"not a military post," Mirandasaid.

Pascual Mamani, the unionleader in La Asunta, said thegrowers are not going to giveup more coca "voluntarily."

Bolivian law on coca andcontrolled substances allows asmuch as 12,000 hectares ofland in approved locations tobe used to produce coca forlegal purposes.

However, a recent UnitedNations report said 31,000hectares of coca plants arebeing grown in Bolivia.

Deputy Minister of CocaGerman Loza said La Asunta"is not recognized as a legalzone" for planting coca.


Coca growersask Boliviasecurityforces toleave

Death toll in Brazil floods, landslide rises to 28


PARIS (AFP) - About 1,000South American women planto sue French firm PIP overthe potentially faulty breastimplants the company sup-plied to about 300,000women across the world,their lawyer said yesterday.

Lawyer Arie Alimi saidabout 500 Argentinianwomen and an equal numberfrom Venezuela were plan-ning to be civil plainitffs inthe probe by French policeinto PIP and its founder Jean-Claude Mas.

The probe is expected tolead to a court case to be heldin the southern French city ofMarseille later this year.

About 300,000 women in65 countries are estimated tohave received implants madeby Poly Implant Prothese(PIP), which allegedly usedan illegal industrial-grade gelthat investigators say has ledto abnormally high rates ofruptured implants.

More than 450 lawsuitshave been filed in three coun-tries, and French police haveplaced PIP and its 72-year-oldfounder under investigation.

France, Germany and theCzech Republic have recom-

mended that the devices beremoved as a precaution butBritain has said it will notfollow suit while Australiasays it found no evidence thatthe implants posed a risk.

Thirteen countries in Eu-rope and Latin America haveurged women to have check-ups. In two of them -- Boliviaand Venezuela --- the state isoffering operations to havethe implants removed, buthas not made this a recom-mendation.

Brazil this week will startlisting women who have hadimplants and identify the typeof gel used but the move isnot linked to PIP and was de-cided two years ago, saidJose Horacio Aboudib, thehead of Brazilian Society ofPlastic Surgeons.

"If in 10 years there is aproblem similar to that of thePIP implants, we will knowwhich make and which lot isdefective and we can react,"he said.

In Belgium meanwhile,the health ministry saidwomen there had been fittedwith a total of at least 674 po-tentially faulty breast im-plants made by PIP.

1,000 SouthAmericans to sueover French implants

(AFP)--Post-menopausalwomen who take medicationto lower their cholesterol facea higher risk of getting dia-betes than women who donot take the popular drugs,known as statins, said a USstudy on Monday.

The risk was apparenteven after researchers ad-justed for variables such asage, race/ethnicity and bodymass index, said the study inthe Archives of Internal Med-icine, a publication of theJournal of the AmericanMedical Association(JAMA).

The link appeared regard-less of what type of statin, orwhat dosage, the womenwere taking, said the studywhich included 153,000women with an average ageof 63.

The researchers from theMayo Clinic in Minnesotacalled for more study on the

matter but said in the mean-time there was no need to re-vise the guidelines for statinuse in non-diabetic people,pointing out that statins aimto fix the negative heart con-sequences of diabetes.

"Women who are takingstatins should be aware of theneed to check their bloodsugars, along with their liverfunction tests," said SuzanneSteinbaum, director ofwomen and heart disease atLenox Hill Hospital in NewYork.

"Due to the extensive useof statins in the aging femalepopulation, it is critical thatmore studies are done to helpunderstand the associationwith statins and the develop-ment of diabetes," addedSteinbaum, who was not partof the study.

Statins have been dubbed"the aspirin of the 21st cen-tury" for their perceived ben-

efits in cardiovascular healthand relatively few side ef-fects. Worldwide sales totalmore than $20 billion annu-ally.

Popularly known namessuch as Lipitor, Pravachol,and Crestor are among themost widely prescribed drugsin the United States. About42 million Americans sufferfrom high cholesterol.

The drugs help reduce therisk of heart attack and strokeby lowering a person's low-density lipoprotein (LDL),sometimes known as "badcholesterol."

A review published byJAMA in June 2011 showedthat high doses of statinswere linked to higher num-bers of new diabetes cases inpatients, leaving doctors tobalance the benefits and risksaccording to each individualpatient.

Cholesterol meds raise diabetes risk inwomen: study

Health & Living

INDIA, Amritsar : (FILES) - Afile picture shows an Indianmilk man returning homeafter his morning round inAmritsar. More than two-thirds of Indian milk is con-taminated with substancesranging from detergents to

urea and may not be safe todrink, according to a surveyby an Indian governmentwatchdog. The surveyacross 33 states by theFood Safety and StandardsAuthority of India (FSSAI)found that 68.4 percent of1,791 milk samples in thecountry contained adulter-ants such as skim milk pow-der, fat and salt. Despitebeing the world's biggestmilk producer, India is nostranger to adulterated milk."Addition of water not onlyreduces the nutritionalvalue of milk but contami-nated water may also posehealth risks," the study said,adding that the presence ofdetergent "indicates lack ofhygiene and sanitation inthe milk handling."


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Global uncertainty on how to deal withthe threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the"Doomsday clock" one minute closer to midnight, leading interna-tional scientists said Tuesday.

"It is now five minutes to midnight," said Allison Macfarlan,chair of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which created theDoomsday clock in 1947 as a barometer of how close the world isto an apocalyptic end. The last decision by the group, which in-cludes a host of Nobel Prize winning scientists, in 2010 moved theclock a minute further away from midnight on hopes of global nu-clear cooperation and the election of President Barack Obama.

However, Tuesday's decision pushes the clock back to the time where it was in 2007."It is clear that the change that appeared to be happening at the time is not happening," said

co-chair Lawrence Krauss. "Business as usual reigns the norm among world leaders."Increasing nuclear tensions, refusal to engage in global action on climate change, and a grow-

ing tendency to reject science when it comes to major world concerns were cited as key reasonsfor the latest tick on the clock.

'Doomsday' ticks closer on nuclear, climate fears

(AFP)-- Microsoft plans tobring its Kinect technology tobear on personal computersfollowing its phenomenalsuccess with the gesture andvoice-recognition sensor inthe Xbox 360 game console.

"I'm thrilled to announcethat Kinect is coming to Win-dows on February 1," Mi-crosoft chief executive SteveBallmer said in his finalkeynote address at the Con-sumer Electronics Show(CES), which opens in LasVegas on Tuesday.

"We're already workingwith over 200 companies onunique Kinect for Windowsapplications," includingAmerican Express, Mattel,Telefonica, Toyota and theUnited Health Group, he tolda packed ballroom at the Ve-netian hotel on Monday.

"The breadth of whatthey're doing is mind-blow-ing," Ballmer said, withoutproviding further details.

Microsoft has shippedmore than 18 million Kinectssince the Xbox peripheralwent on sale just a little over

a year ago, Ballmer said.He said there are currently

66 million Xbox users andmore than 40 million sub-scribers to Xbox Live, whichlinks the game console to theInternet, allowing for real-time game play but also pro-viding access to onlinecontent.

Ballmer said the Xbox hasevolved into "an entertain-ment hub for live TV, on de-mand videos, movies andnews, social (networking),music and of course stillgames."

"Xbox is your all-in-oneentertainment device for theliving room," he said, addingthat a partnership with NewsCorp. would bring Fox tele-vision channels and The WallStreet Journal to the Xboxthis year.

Microsoft's plan to inte-grate the Kinect's voice andgesture recognition capabili-ties into PCs using the Win-dows operating system wasthe highlight of Ballmer's lastappearance on stage at theCES.

Microsoft to bring Kinectto Windows PCs

(AFP)--Nokia has de-clared war in the USsmartphone market, witha Microsoft-poweredhandset tailored to takeon Apple iPhones andGoogle-backed Androiddevices.

Microsoft chief exec-utive Steven Ballmerjoined Nokia bossStephen Elop on Mon-day to unveil the newLumia 900 smartphone,which will run on Windowsmobile software and tap intoa growing trove of popularmini-applications.

The two firms did not dis-close the price or release datefor the Lumia 900, but said itwill be offered exclusively onthe latest generation 4G LTEnetwork of US telecom giantAT&T.

"We believe the industryhas shifted from a battle ofdevices to a war of ecosys-tems," Elop said, in a presen-tation laden with martialmetaphors.

"Clearly there are strongcontenders on the field in thiswar of ecosystems," he told aroom packed with press onthe eve of the opening of theannual Consumer ElectronicsShow (CES), a massive gadg-ets fair in Las Vegas.

The Finland-based Nokiain October introduced theLumia line, which Elop de-scribed as the "first real Win-dows phones," which had

established "beachheads" inEurope, India, and HongKong.

The company planned tostart the US invasion on Jan-uary 11 with a Lumia 710model that will be priced at$49 when bought with T-Mo-bile service contracts.

"The work Nokia is doingaround Windows phone andthis third ecosystem is reallygoing to pay off," Ballmersaid, caressing a sleek Lumia900 touchscreen handset.

"When you pick it up andlove and touch and feel yourLumia," he said -- making aplayful "mmmmm" soundthat drew laughs -- "it reallyis quite fantastic."

Lumia 900 has front andrear facing cameras with CarlZeiss photo technology and4.3-inch high-definition dis-plays.

Nokia showed off an arrayof applications made just forLumia 900, including 20videogames made by console

industry colossus Elec-tronic Arts.

Elop said Nokiaplanned to price Lumia900 "aggressively" toestablish a strongbeachhead on the USsmartphone battlefield.He said that Lumiawould then land inChina and Latin Amer-ica to fight for marketshare.

"I am so happy thatcompanies like Samsung,HTC and others are all intro-ducing Windows devices,"Elop said. "We all need to getthat fly wheel spinning; ourprinciple competition is theother ecosystems."

Nokia plans to eventuallyextend Windows across itsfull range of mobile phonesand was working with Mi-crosoft on getting mobilegadgets and computers toshare pictures and other con-tent using the Internet"cloud."

While declining to com-ment specifically on ResearchIn Motion (RIM), Elop saidthat Nokia sees opportunity tocompete in the businesssmartphone market, whichhas long been a strongholdfor RIM's popular BlackBerryhandset.

Nokia declares war in USsmartphone market

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vation in the country in-creased 4.7 percent to total48.7 million hectares (120million acres), with soybean,corn and rice making up 90percent of production.

For 2012, IBGE forecastgrain production of 160.3million tons, virtually equalto that of 2011.

Agriculture Minister JorgeAlberto Mendes Ribeirohowever said the governmentwas hoping to see a 5.7 per-cent hike in farm exports overthe record set last year.

Soybean, sugar andethanol, meat, timber andcoffee were the country's topexports in 2011, according tothe agriculture ministry.

Key markets for Brazilianexports were Europe, China,the United States, Russia andJapan.

The southern region, par -ticularly Parana state, isBrazil's highest grain yield-ing region.

The 2011 harvest was up6.9 percent over the previousoutput record set the previousyear, the Brazilian Institute ofGeography and Statistics(IBGE) announced.

The area under grain culti-

BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil'sgrain harvest hit a record-breaking 159.9 million metrictons last year while farm ex-ports soared 24 percent to$94.5 billion, official data re-leased yesterday showed.

opposed to any embargo thatcould cut of oil supplies fromthe Gulf and boost oil pricesat a moment when the worldeconomy is already teeteringon the brink of recession.

Juppe admitted some Eu-ropean oil importers, includ-ing Italy and Greece, werealso nervous about losingIranian exports, but said: "Weare trying to convince ourpartners that there are othersources of supply."

PARIS (AFP) - If Iran is hitwith an oil embargo over itsnuclear policy, other majorexporters will increase theirproduction in order to steadyworld markets, the French fo -reign minister said yesterday.

"Other countries are readyto increase production toavoid an effect on prices. Wehave made discreet contactsin this direction. The produc-ers don't want to talk about it,but they are standing ready,"Alain Juppe said.

Briefing a French parlia-mentary committee, Juppesaid he did not share somelawma kers' pessimism overthe pros pects for an embargoon Ira - nian crude.

Several Western powersare pushing for stronger eco-nomic sanctions to be im-posed on Iran's Islamicregime in order to force it toabandon a nuclear programthey allege is destined to pro-duce atomic bombs.

But China and some othermajor energy consumers are

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheFederal Reserve said yesterdayit had paid $76.9 billion to theUS Treasury from its estimated2011 earnings, mainly incomefrom interest collected on arange of securities.

The amount was only threepercent below the 2010 recordpayment of $79.3 billion, andreflected the extraordinary ac-tions the Fed has taken to propup the economy after the 2008financial crisis.

Most of the 2011 earningscame from $83.6 billion in in-terest income on government-linked securities, such as USTreasury securities, the central

bank said in a statement.The bank's balance sheet

has ballooned since the Fedlaunched massive asset pur-chases to support growth fol-lowing the 2008 financialcrisis that led to the worst re-cession in decades.

The Fed has acquired $2.3trillion in securities since theLehman Brothers bankruptcyin September 2008, trying tolower long-term interest ratesand support the distressedhousing sector.

Under Fed policy, the 12 re-gional banks in the federal re-serve system pay the USTreasury their net income after

and future incomes," Williamssaid in remarks prepared for aspeech in Vancouver, Washing-ton state.

"I repeatedly hear from mybusiness contacts that these un-certainties are prompting themto slow investment and hiring."

"Economists at the SanFrancisco Fed calculate thatuncertainty has reduced con-sumer and business spendingso much that it has potentiallyadded a full percentage pointto the unemployment rate."

Economists are fiercely di-vided about the impact of un-certainty on investment, spen- ding and other drivers of theeconomy. There is also consi -derable disagreement abouthow any impact would be ac-curately measured.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Asenior Federal Reserve officialsaid yesterday that uncertaintyabout the economy's directionand government policies mayhave increased unemploymentby as much as one percentagepoint.

Lending weight to Republi-can claims that the slow recov-ery is due to uncertainty causedby President Barack Obama'salleged over-regulation, JohnWilliams -- head of the SanFrancisco Fed -- hinted that un-employment could to day be aslow as 7.5 percent if there werea less murky outlook.

"Businesses are uncertainabout the economic environ-ment and the direction of eco-nomic policy. Households areuncertain about job prospects

Fed official: Uncertainty

making joblessness worse

certain costs are deducted, in-cluding for operations and div-idend payments.

At the end of the US gov-ernment's 2011 fiscal year onSeptember 30, the federalbudget deficit stood at $1.3trillion, about 8.7 percent ofthe nation's gross domesticproduct, a broad measure ofeconomic output.

The Fed said the $76.9 bil-lion number was preliminaryand based on unaudited results.Final results were to be pub-lished in the central bank's full-year audit, usually released inMarch.


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PARIS (AFP) - Steven Spiel-berg caught the filmmakingbug as a 12-year-old boy, andhalf a century on still goes"crazy" when he doesn't havea story to tell, he admitted tofans packing a masterclass inParis this week.

Greeted with a standingovation, the US director --whose works from "E.T" to"Indiana Jones" are the focusof a retrospective at Paris'Cinematheque film centre --told the room in French, handon his heart: "Je t'aime!"

"I'm a storyteller," the 65-year-old told the filmmakingmasterclass between screen-

ings of his new film"War Horse". "For along time movies wereeverything in my life --and if I don't have astory to tell I go crazy."

"Ask my wife andmy kids what's it's liketo have me without amovie in my immediatefuture to direct!" hequipped. "I'm a terribleperson to live with!"

"I mope, I walkaround the house in aterrible state, I'm miser-able!" Spielberg joked."So my family is thefirst to call my companyand say 'Is there any-

thing in the files he can di-rect? Please help us!'"

Revealed to film buffswith the 1971 car chasethriller "Duel", then to themainstream with "Jaws" in1975, Spielberg has shotmore than 30 feature films aswell as a string of produc-tions for television, fromepisodes of "Columbo" to thehit series "Band of Brothers"in 2001.

"I got starting makingmovies as a kid because Icouldn't think of anythingmore fun to do," Spielbergrecalled. "When I was 13

there was absolutely nothingthat interested me more thanto take a movie camera andtell a three, four minutestory."

"And when I make amovie today, I get that sameenergy, the same excite-ment," he said. "I rememberthe same feeling at 12, 13years old, as the feeling I stillhad as I turned 65. That hasnever gone away."

The director has beensomething of a work horse oflate, directing the 3D block-buster "Adventures of Tintin:Secret of the Unicorn", whichhit screens in late 2011, be-fore launching straight into"War Horse".

When in the grip of a story-- as was the case for "WarHorse" which he based on achildren's book by Britishwriter Michael Morpurgo,and a play adaptation by NickStafford -- Spielberg works

non-stop."From the time we started

working on the script, to thetime I called action for thefirst time in Devon (in south-western England), was sevenmonths," he said, "which asyou know is a very, veryshort time."

"That's an 'E.T.' sort ofrecord, since 'E.T.' took sevenmonths from the time thescript was written to the timewe shot."

"War Horse" tells the storyof Joey, a horse raised in thebucolic English countrysidewho is torn away from hishome -- and stable lad Albert-- and sent to France to thebattlefields of World War I.

Almost deliberately old-fashioned, the movie pitsnoble beast against the hor-rors of war with sweeping,emotional set pieces thatearned it a Golden Globenomination for best dramatic

film, but has divided critics."I cried when I saw it on

stage," Spielberg said of thework. "It's a straight narrativestory. It's completely clear: Ilike stories that are not en-cumbered by excessive sym-bolism or metaphor."

Asked by the event host,the filmmaker Costa Gavras,to offer a tip to the aspiringfilmmakers packing the audi-ence, Spielberg said castingwas key.

"First of all, the best thingyou can do is to cast the rightactor. If not, you have towork ten times more later.

"Once you have casted,listen to the people youcasted: what do they have tobring? Let them do theirwork, read the books," hesaid. "Why cast talented peo-ple if you do not listen tothem? You got to listen morethan you speak."

Spielberg shares storytelling secrets in Paris

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PARIS (AFP) - South Amer-ican giants Argentina andBrazil will face off in an in-ternational friendly in NewJersey, United States, on June9, the Argentine FootballFederation announced onTuesday.

The high profile fixture isbeing staged in the 80,000-seater MetLife Stadium,more commonly used forgames between New York'sAmerican football sides theGiants and the Jets.

A week earlier, Argentinaconfront Ecuador in the fifthround of qualifying for the2014 World Cup hosted by

Brazil.Argentina have another

friendly arranged for Novem-ber 14 against Saudi Arabiain Riyadh.

Under new coach Alejan-dro Sabella, Argentina got offto a mediocre start to theirWorld Cup qualifiers.

They suffered an embar-rassing loss to Venezuela buttheir recent win over Colom-bia put them on a more evenkeel and they are now levelon points with regional groupleaders Uruguay - albeit hav-ing played a game more - andVenezuela.

Argentina, Brazil, set for NewJersey friendly

ROME (AFP) - Former Italycoach Roberto Donadoni hasbeen named the new coach ofSerie A side Parma afterFranco Colomba was uncere-moniously dismissed follow-ing a heavy defeat.

Donadoni, who coachedItaly from 2006-2008, hadbeen out of work for sixmonths since being fired byCagliari during pre-season,straight after a friendly vic-tory.

Colomba paid for Satur-day's 5-0 thrashing at InterMilan, the third time this sea-son his side had been heavilybeaten by a leading con-tender, following 4-1 defeatsagainst AC Milan and Juven-tus.

It was a sixth game in a

row without victory, althoughthey only lost two of thoseand their last success was ahugely impressive 2-0 defeatof high-flying Udinese onNovember 20.

Colomba thus became the11th coach to lose his job inItaly's Serie A already thisseason.

Cagliari and Palermo leadthe way with two coachingchanges and both firedcoaches before the start of theleague season.

Inter replaced Gian PieroGasperini with ClaudioRanieri after just fourmatches in the most high-profile sacking.

Although a former Italycoach, Donadoni has had lit-tle success as a club manager.

He previously coachedLivorno, Genoa and Napoli,as well as Cagliari in the topflight without achieving any-thing remarkable.

He guided Italy to Euro2008 before losing to eventualwinners Spain on penalties inthe quarter-finals, after whichhe was dismissed to allowWorld Cup-winning coachMarcello Lippi to return.

Parma fire Colombaand hire Donadoni

Last Sunday, January 3rd.The 5.5-K United Walk &Run 2012, organized byThrill Walkers S.V. resultedin a splendid event, thanks tothe tremendous work of allthe members who partici-pated.

The more than 350 walk-

ers and runners made theevent a whopping successfrom start to finish.

The event began sharplyat 5:30 pm with every athletebeginning the 5.5km runthrough the area of Sombre,Cas Ariba, Seroe Compa,Cadushi Largo, Coba Lodoand Angochi. The runnersconsidered this route an ex-cellent choice. It was an op-portunity to begin the yearwith bodies in condition asthey tracked through the pic-turesque nature and fresh airof the area. Even motoristswere very attent and re-spected the runners on theroad.

Along the route there werethose prepared to refresh therunners with water, Power-Ade, watermelons, bananas,etc, and when they got to thefinish line.

Winners of the runningteam:

The first masculine runnerto cross the finish line wasJean Andrew Fingal, who didthis in 20:06 minutes. Thisearned him the gold medal.In second place was AlricKock who came in after20:14 minutes. This earnedhim the silver medal. Thirdplace winner was Joel Dirkszwho did the run in 21:40 min-utes and earned him thebronze medal.

In the female division, thefirst lady to reach the finishline was Chantal Stephens

who didthe run in25:25 min-utes, whichearned herthe goldm e d a l .S e c o n dplace fe-male run-ner wasJ u l i e n n eD o r o t h a lwho fin-ished therace in28:41 min-utes to re-ceive the

silver medal.Coming in third place was

Iraida Dorothal who finishedthe run in 30:10 minutes toearn the bronze medal.

Winners of the walking

team:First place walker to finish

in 33:43 minutes was JimmyLeon for the men’s team.This earned him the goldmedal. In second place witha time span of 34:40 minuteswas Fernando de Graaf whowon the silver medal. Thirdplace winner in the men’swalking group was NelsonFeliciana who came in at34:48 minutes to earn thebronze medal.

In the ladies section, LizaGeerman became the firstplace winner with a time spanof 39:26 minutes and forwhich she earned the goldmedal. In second place witha time span of 41:47 minutesto reach the finish line, wasCarol Larmonie whichearned her the silver medal.Then, in third place with atime span of 43:11 minuteswas Chichi Tromp for whichshe won the bronze medal.

Door Prizes:The evening was also re-

plete with several attractivedoor prizes. There were mealvouchers, Cinema tickets,cases of Malta and Power-Ade, baskets of products,Gift Certificates and a grandprize which was an air ticketto Curacao by Tiara Air, ournational airline. The grandprize was won by the luckyClinton Quandt. Thrill Walk-ers S.V. was especiallypleased and grateful to allwho contributed in makingthe event such a success.

Special thanks went toEric Gomez who helped withmaterial for the event, also tothe Police who coordinated,controlled and guided thetraffic so that every partici-pant could have walkedfreely. The Emergency Re-sponse Brigade also did afantastic job.

Thrill Walkers is alreadyplanning their next eventscheduled for July 1st, 2012,which will be held early inthe morning….the very pop-ular “Nature Walk.” Then, onSeptember 9th 2012 will bethe next big event of ThrillWalkers N.V. for the entirecommunity to continue“Moving for your Health.”

Team Thrill Walkers rejoicesover successful activity!


DETROIT (AFP) - Yi Jian-lian joined the reigningNBA champion DallasMavericks for his firstworkout on Tuesday, the 24-year-old Chinese forwarddeclaring himself ready forthe challenge of the NBAcampaign.

One day after the Maver-icks visited US PresidentBarack Obama at the WhiteHouse to celebrate lastJune's NBA Finals triumphover Miami, they welcomedYi into a workout to preparefor a game later Tuesday atDetroit.

"I will be ready to play,"Yi said.

The 7-foot forward, whohelped China win last year'sAsian Championship and aberth in this year's LondonOlympics, averaged 23points, 12 rebounds and twoblocked shots in two gameswith the minor-league TexasLegends last weekend.

Yi, the sixth pick in the2007 NBA Draft, will suit upfor his fourth NBA teamwhen the Mavericks face the2-7 Pistons, having previ-ously played for the Milwau-kee Bucks, New Jersey Netsand Washington Wizards.

The Mavericks, 4-5, seektheir first road triumph ofthe season.

Yi joinsMavericks,ready forNBA return

GREEN BAY (AFP) - GreenBay Packers players will ded-icate their efforts in Sunday'sNFL playoff game to MichaelPhilbin, the son of offensivecoordinator Joe Philbin whowas found dead on Monday.

The body of MichaelPhilbin, 21, was pulled fromthe Fox River on Monday bypolice who had been search-ing for him since he was re-ported missing on Sundaynight after visiting friends.

It was uncertain whetheror not Joe Philbin wouldwork with the Packers thisweek as they prepare to facethe visiting New York Giants,but the reigning Super Bowlchampions were set to rallytogether in the wake of thetragedy.

"The Packer organizationis truly a family-first environ-ment. We feel for the Philbinfamily," Packers linebackerClay Matthews told ESPNRadio on Tuesday.

"It goes without sayingthat this game, and how weapproach it, and how we play,will definitely be dedicated tohim. Hopefully we do it theright way."

"Our thoughts and prayersare with Joe, his wife, Diane,and the Philbin family as theycope with their loss," Packersgeneral manager Ted Thomp-son said. "This is an emo-tional and difficult time forthem and we ask that every-one respect their privacy.

"All of us in the Packersfamily share in their grief."

Mourning Packers dedicategame to coach's late son

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -Hue Jackson was fired ascoach of the NFL's OaklandRaiders on Tuesday after theteam missed the playoffs forthe ninth season in a row, los-ing four of its last five gamesafter a 7-4 start.

New general managerReggie McKenzie, hired lastweek by the Raiders, began ahousecleaning by dumpingJackson after a season inwhich the team set NFLrecords for penalties commit-ted and penalty yards allowedthis season.

Jackson served only oneseason in the job after beingpromoted from Raiders' of-fensive coordinator into the

top post following the firingof Tom Cable after the 2010campaign.

The Raiders finished 8-8to match Denver and SanDiego for the best record inthe AFC West division butlost out on a playoff spot ontie-breakers to Denver.

Jackson's biggest movecame when he sent numerousNFL Draft selections toCincinnati to obtain unhappyBengals quarterback CarsonPalmer after Oakland's JasonCampbell was lost.

McKenzie had been direc-tor of football operations forthe reigning Super Bowlchampion Green Bay Packersbefore joining the Raiders.

Hue is through as coachof Raiders


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(AFP)-- Jeremy Shelleykicked five field goals to liftthe University of Alabamaover Louisiana State Univer-sity 21-0 to win the US colle-giate American footballnational championship game.

The Bowl ChampionshipSeries title game triumph atthe Superdome in New Or-leans was the sixth in a rowby a team from the South-eastern Conference and thesecond crown in three sea-sons for Alabama's CrimsonTide.

Louisiana State edged Al-abama 9-6 in over-time onNovember 5 when they metin the regular season and theTigers finished the campaignunbeaten to top the rankingswith Alabama finishing sec-ond to earn a rematch in thetitle game.

The Crimson Tide, whoseonly penalty came with lessthan three minutes to play,made the most of their sec-ond chance and enjoyed theirfirst shutout victory in a bowlgame since 1963.

"It was a great team win,"Alabama coach Nick Sabansaid. "Our defense did a greatjob. Our offense controlledthe momentum of this gamefrom start to finish."

The Tigers were thwartedin their bid for a secondcrown in five seasons in thelast of 35 bowl games forlarge US college gridironteams, whose television con-tracts produce millions ofdollars in revenues forschools.

"We just out-physicaledthem," Alabama defenderCourtney Upshaw said.

Alabama captures UScollege football title

january 11, 2012

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